DT 14 / 2008

Solheim aims to ease downward trend in aid for education

Norway will scale up the funding of primary education through the UN and the World Bank next year in...

News October 05, 2008

Turning FAO into a 21st century institution

FAO must radically reform in order to survive, a recent evaluation concluded. The point man for FAO’s...

News October 05, 2008

NOK 200m for UN for avoided deforestation

News October 05, 2008

Sweden launches untied mixed credit scheme, punishes UNDP

The budget for 2009 represents a consolidation of the Centre-Right majority government’s fundamental...

News October 05, 2008

Norway, Ethiopia normalise relations

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin have agreed...

News October 05, 2008

Norway expands budget support for Palestinians

Norway will increase budget support for the Palestinain Authorities by NOK 85 million, as an immediate...

News October 05, 2008

Rooting out an aid monopoly

A ruling from the Swedish Competition Authority has resulted in a monoply in Swedish aid business being...

Opinion Editorial October 05, 2008

Danida wind energy aid, stepping stone for COWI

Through its strategic acquisition of the Danish wind energy specialist Tripod, which was working in China...

Business October 05, 2008

Mapping agency cancels illegal agreement with Swedesurvey

The Swedish National Land Survey has cancelled a cooperation agreement worth SEK 14 million over the...

Business October 05, 2008

Hydro Power Norway fails, but five firms move forward

Five Norwegian companies will move forward to invest in hydropower projects abroad after an attempt to...

Business October 05, 2008

Naps seeks re-entry into Norwegian emergency relief network

The Finnish solar applications producer Naps Systems Oy is seeking re-entry into the Norwegian Emergency...

Business October 05, 2008

Good governance programme in Georgia

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces a tender for the scoping, identification and formulation...

Business October 05, 2008

Support to decentralisation in Cambodia

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is looking to hire a resource person...

Business October 05, 2008

Bio-energy assessment study in Sub-Saharan Africa

The UN Office of Procurement Services announces a tender for an assessment study of the development potentials...

Business October 05, 2008

Percy Barnevik expands Hand in Hand. Founders feel ‘pushed out’

Percy Barnevik, the Swedish industrialist, is receiving enormous global attention for his work with the micro-finance NGO, Hand in Hand. Media reports refer to “his" organisation, and there are no signs that he objects to this. The founders of Hand in Hand have been dropped from the picture.

News October 05, 2008

Review of Nepal energy sector programme

A team of experts is required to assist the Danida Technical Advisory Service to undertake a joint review...

Business October 05, 2008